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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Corpora colleagues, </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am currently doing a research on Chinese
connectors, which have around 270 types and broadly include conjunctions and
sentence adverbs. These are derived from a five-million-word corpus of
contemporary Chinese. My question is how to determine which ones are "common"?
Are there statistical criteria (e.g. cut-off point) to determine "common
connectors" from such a list? Do I look at their frequencies or rankings? I
appreciate anyone who can help me answer the questions or direct me to
relevant resources. Thanks in advance for all your help!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wallace Chen </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>